Palacio Ortiz Basualdo (Embajada de Francia

The Ortiz Basualdo palace was built in Buenos Aires about 1912, by Paul Pater, a French architect which studied at the Ecole of Beaux Arts in Paris. The present paper tries to explain the antecedents and the architectural composition of the typical French XVII century palace, but adapted to a corner. Also it shows the high appreciation of the Argentine High Society to the French culture of those times. The Palace was sold to the French state in 1938 and since then is a highlight in the architectural heritage of Buenos Aires.